Clinical Dietetics 2 PG (9298.2)

Students develop their knowledge necessary for the delivery of competent and culturally appropriate nutritional care to individuals and groups. Students will have lectures and problem-based tutorials relating to clinical dietetics and medical aspects of nutrition.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Describe the physiological, psychological and metabolic processes influencing nutritional health within a variety of environmental, social and lifecycle circumstances;
2. Demonstrate the knowledge to be able to apply medical nutrition therapy in the clinical dietetic setting; and
3. Apply advanced knowledge and practice of medical nutrition therapy to culturally responsive assessment, diagnosis, intervention and management of individuals and groups.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

9297 Clinical Dietetics 1 PG

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.